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Beijing’s diplomatic retaliation has limits—but fewer than before.

Iran’s break-the-glass plan to strangle another key waterway may now be active.

Attacks against Kurdish regions in Iran and Iraq never stopped.

At a perilous moment, Washington is smart to invest in a bigger defense budget.

The congresswoman’s rise was powered mostly by domestic issues. But she is slowly expanding to foreign affairs.

The White House vows to charge all commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Kyiv’s drone offensive against Russian oil facilities has found a sixth gear.

It was a milestone for Beijing’s nuclear forces—but not necessarily the provocation many analysts have made it out to be.

New allies bring powerful assets—whatever Donald Trump thinks.

Brazil’s president is democratic, successful, and globally respected.

The Ankara summit only kicked the can down the road.

Nostalgia about the U. S. armed forces being above the partisan fray is not borne out by history.

Regional powers push Washington and Tehran to pause strikes to allow for negotiations.

The Lithuanian curators working to protect paintings from Putin.